Catholic Church urges Cordillera gov’ts to pass Nature Rights ordinances

Catholic Church urges Cordillera gov’ts to pass Nature Rights ordinances

BAGUIO CITY — The Catholic Church is asking local governments in the mountainous Cordillera region to pass ordinances establishing the Rights of Nature, a legal theory that ecosystems have the same right to “exist and flourish” as human beings and that would grant critically endangered forests and polluted waterways legal standing in courts. Participants in

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